Read someone the riot act in pub drunk before police surprise visit Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Read someone the riot act in pub drunk before police surprise visit . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is UPBRAID.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UPBRAID Read someone the riot act in pub drunk before police surprise visit (7)
3% STAGE Someone might act on it (5) USA Today Jan 12, 2026
3% RAID Surprise police visit (4)
2% LEAP Look before you ___ (think before you act) (4)
2% PERUSE Read (6) New York Times Jan 5, 2026
2% NIPPIEST Quickest pint drunk, eating traditional pub food (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Dec 26, 2025
2% STARTLED Surprised (8) Commuter Dec 23, 2025
2% AMAZE Surprise (5) The Telegraph Quick Dec 18, 2025
2% BOYSINBLUE The police (10) The Telegraph Quick Dec 10, 2025
2% INN Pub (3) Puzzler Backwords Dec 8, 2025
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